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(ModeL) T. G. BENNETT. Clasp for Bel'ts.

No. 237,673. Patented Feb. 15,1881.

fizz/anion N- PETERS. F'HC|TO-LITNOGRAPHERv WASHIN'SYON, D Cv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS G. BENNETT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WINCHESTER BEPEATING ARMS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CLASP FOR BELTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,673, dated February 15, 1881.

Applicationfiled January 4, 18817 (ModeL) the invention consists in the novel manner of making the clasp of two pieces of sheet metal, as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l is a front View, partly in perspective, of the clasp shown as a whole. Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe same on the lines: as of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one part of the clasp and of a section of the belt, to show the manner of securing and adjusting the belt to the clasp.

The object of this invention is to produce a clasp for use on cartridge-belts which shall be cheap, simple, efficient, and neatin appearance, and which can be securely attached to the belt, and be easily and quickly adjusted to make the belt longer or shorter, as may be required.

In constructing my llllDlOX'Gd clasp I cut out, with a die or other suitable means, the two parts A and B from sheet-brass or other suitable metal of the size and shape required, so that when bent into the proper form, as hereinafter described, each part shall be composed of a single piece, and shall be complete in and of itself.

The part A, as shown in Fig. l, is made much wider than the part B, so that when the two parts are hooked together it will have the appearance in front of a single metal plate. The part A has a tongue, 6, projecting centrally from one edge, Which tongue-piece is bent to form a hook, as shown in Fig. 2, this hook engaging in a notch or recess,f, cut in the inner wall of one of the slots, 1), cutin the part B, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In the outer end of each part A and B two vertical slots, 1) and c, are formed, and which may be done at the time the blanks are out out, if desired. The slot bis made about twice as Wide as the slot 0, to enable the end of the belt to pass twice through it, while it passes but once through the slot 0. The outer end or edge of each part A and B is then bent into a circular form, as represented in the several figures, care being taken to leave sufficient space between inturned edge and the body of 5 5 the plate to permit the end of the belt to be passed through between them.

The clasp being thus constructed, it is attached to the belt by passing the end of the latter first through the slot I) and through the space between the body of the plate and its inturned end, then reversing the end of the belt and passing it back through first the slot 0, and then on through the slot b, as shown in Fig. 3, each part being secured to its respective end of the beltD in the same manner, with the free end of the belt lying along the inner face of the belt, as shown in Fig. 3.

By this method of constructing the clasp it will be seen that it can be very readily secured to the belt, that it will remain in place and not slip on the belt, will not cut or wear the latter, and can be very quickly adjusted to make the belt longer or shorter, as may be required.

The plate A may be embossed or engraved with any desired ornament, or have the owners name engraved upon it and be plated, and thus be made very ornamental, if desired.

While this clasp is more especially intended for use on that class of belts used for carrying shot or other cartridges in a series of separate pockets or loops formed on the exterior of the belt, as indicated in Fig. 3, it is obvious that it may also be used on other belts.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The herein-described clasp, consisting of the plates A and B, each having its outer end bent in a circular form and provided with the slots b and 0, one of said plates being provided with a hook, e, and the other with a notch or eye for the hook to engage in, substantially as described.

2. A clasp in which its two plates have their 5 THOMAS G. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

DANIEL H. VEADER, JAMES N. KIMZBALL. 

